I appreciate when people can do things like this. Stay blessed...jo...

So, we all have this one life, right? We might as well enjoy it, or at least try with these 25 ways to make sure you enjoy life. And who says you can't learn anything by reading this blog?  Not me.  In fact, watch this video to learn how to worship.  I can't promise there won't be a pop quiz.  Pay attention. And if you need a cute fix for the day would this bear cub's late reaction help?&nb...

Do you ever wonder if people listen to you? Some of us talk a lot, a whole lot! There are those of us who have important things to say and some who keep the rest of us entertained by what they say. Many of our words challenge, encourage and support people (while others do the opposite). With so much to say, the question is bound to come up. Of course, that’s a question many preachers often ask themselves. “No offense; anybody can listen to your sermons.”...

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-21 Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? 2On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; 3beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out: 4‘To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live. 22The Lord created me at the beginning* of his work,* the first of his acts of long ago. 23Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before...

Every once in a while some professor will leave a few books out on a table at school. A small note is added to the stack: FREE Last Monday I took my last--my only--Final Exam of the semester. As I blissfully danced by the room where the often wonderful piles of free books are, you guessed it, there were a few selections. You don't need to know how many, but imagine enough to fill my backpack (don't judge me). One of the selections was With One Voice:...

So, for years we have wondered where all the church members have gone. Well, maybe this is an answer. Funny. Typically, I have a peppermint or Jolly Rancher in the pulpit (that I carry out when I leave of course) or a small piece of gum in the back of our sanctuary. I don't keep anything in my pockets; if it's gum or candy I WILL forget and leave it there and end up staining my shirt with the inevitable gooey mess.  What's your method of choice? ...

Remember the volcano that caused so much trouble a while back?  Doesn't it seem like a lifetime since that happened? We've moved on to the next big story and continued our fighting and ranting against each other. That said, I want you to take your mouse--be it wireless, or a cheap knock-off, property of your local library or the little pad on your laptop---and click on the following link: The Iceland Volcano is God's Judgment. You might not be glad...

I recently heard a sermon over John 5.  This is the story of the man who had been "ill" for 38 years; Jesus came to him one day and asked him a powerful question.  The sermon offered a wonderful chance to be imaginative. Since the man, presumably, had been in that area for all that time, he might have been there when Jesus was brought to the Temple when he was 8 days old.  He might also have been around when Jesus strutted his preteen teaching...

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